Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-11-24
THANKSGIVING.

com3 and tell as STORY;
q GsadPs,- s.id so many hard words We
q !. P'S ~. understand MIN.
q ia poi ~ uI daaiings, what shall it be
i toa.i erae-do dsmpa, Iojqns, bears,
4 Jgns I'd hright-eyed little Charlie
4 ,,ssp1, 90 AVN tnere-now Mary, dear,
Il GsI, 81 .a your cat. AL listeR, and
i sb9. lSs'' Long time ago grandpa
- Sec S.,ie by and lived on the
s ~ the Mississippi river, and
C' we're having lots OF fun,
i ssi'l our grandpa to tell
IL SEN .tory. Just as you have done
s, Td ne got Us al down close to
i pis!,. I'D. "In 1857 a crest man
4 y sl9 nssShibgton was President of
so J. new country. There had oeen a
% n s'r but pesce had coma at last,
est VII aso hsd come nome to build up
q t1s aI II bones Many little boys
81 l l5S tSst were quite small when the
u ~ -,n had grown to be fourteen and
81 Oss 5n vssrs old, and were quite
e: .snd healthy, and the old homes
7'1s a. Isrge enough then for them, so
Fls w.; w. 4. # over and had read snd
81 Is ~ great, rich country down the
go ION. =, valley, and some formed par
p';l sTa with guns and dogs started
n S.- rsshsck to see it. Some
o, I s,nm exD3sure-some got lost
Ssl n ny woods and the bears ate them
w some built boats on the French
SI 3i-ivrr Susie get your geography
Eg 80 that river and Tommie look for
50 o p.r riyer-they built great fat boats
y o y. Tnany as had decided 10 go on the
81 -. . me maj on a certain day, elected
S.s,, % command, loaded The boats
49, !. tssir families. and horses, snd also
". y. "a n give warning if the Indians
. ::.5 stack the boat and try to kill the
IN. ..Is and take what they had, 'And
e :.F,In grandpa said, "there WAS little
~. ;1st like YOU, and she brought little
~. win her, snd everybody laughed,
~. .bs RAT went on the boat" When
=, , IT. vas ready they babe the old
s l.,5, and relalves goodbye, pushed
y. bost out into the stream and
!. here Was no Steam power then the
rs lust fJated down Stream; it was
-, ~ Tork TO keep the boats IN the middle
I IN stream. AZ er the boats got TO
-,srs the great cities Of Chattanooga and
I1.isville are now Johnnie, look on the
an far those cities, and keep up with the
.-iyrsprs as they fiat along), ct that
frs fierce, wild Inoisns were the only
me in that wild country, and they
5rsi every waite Iaan (these they called
wls fscesj snd most CT the women and
Gl9ren. CT carried them of az capttVes,
saer t9Tturiug them 70 death or making
1sn Worz while they hunted the deer,
gusrd wild turkey. H0wevet,ttese cruel
sf.ns did rot kill al the people; some
y7s through safely, others stopped at
N NOUN q the Wabash, some at
ne mouth Of the Ohio river
nd made friends of the IrOquois
nd settled the great states of In0lana
nd Illinois. Some came down to Mem
nssld there founded a CREST city and
h Stale of Tennessee. Oilers came 10
Tessburg, EscGnez aud Fort Adams Lde-
|aket, iylUd ne Yaz9O, NaTchez. CnCc-
sF sid Chlcka>aY tribes, end making
htlds Of them, settled the great State OF
E.issppi"
DWha! uml?"
Swell, from 1885 10 1906"
iGrandpa, wat a00u4 louisiana"
aWsll, yes, William; that country was
.Eled By S.ein, and the home govern
'lslt wanted 10 serJIe &, and offered GAO
Ess iree to very family who would set
9si1 lais territory. FRI Adams On the
hgsE Mississippi line YVES the most
Eliherl American fort then in that sec
asa, AID Bssyr r uge IVES the residence
ID he Alcslie or Spanish Governor, and
he sent word to The people to
@ls down and br ng their families
md settle On those beautiful beech and
Elglclia hills and valleys, promising
ag should nos be required to do sDy
a-isrY GUY nor pay auy taxes SO long
E hey lived ca the donated lands, ana
aA tae7 might bring their black slaves,
lo!dllg them So poems, bus would not be
i0Ted TO GUY CT sell them. Sell what,
EGdps: WHAT was a slave? Oh, my
'llt, is it possible time flies so fast these
ll7eS Culy liberated twenty five years
80 and you 90 not know whist slave
hS' Happy, hsppy children; may you
t7eT know and msy the dark clouds Of
'iIcly, slsvery's twin sister, never
FoQol5 you" "But, grandpa, tell US
N9Ci q slave. Well, my child, we got
l'4 honestly. They were black people,
sans OF them you See now every day in
,-s Street, aud they were Sold" "Sold,
saalps How csn anybody sell snybody?
a! child I hope you will never know
l' tyA-ltyr 0ul Ii was Just as we now
Wy horse sgd the n-gro Wss valued st
t '..a $500 10 $4,000, according to his
..l-'y 10 work, a.d hey were clothed,
=. =. $50 h4d t1elr csbins, their COW and
y ga cl!c6eDs, and some real good
vas we're even al ned 10 have s horse,
.S'!s 5sIe not allowed anything. They
t ~ ne 4aIsjer' end cid Whstever
~ ~ mem mem OF they were punished just as
80, - v-"u'en are now They Were gen
"a Si-5 very easily managed snd loved their
80 Las AID mistres and he boys and girls
,s- s up with Us, played with US just
~. see little col0red boys and white
ss- 49,. pisy n0w. The boys would
: ~ ..i iol their you5g msrs1ers il insulted
-. ',-1 10 DO 50. The women were field
~ COOKS, nurses, seamtresses or
nm. -.~-s maids TO their young mistresses
M. to the W&altn of the family.
t.-' PIsnters owned as msny SIS 1000
I'm, "A, =. some more. There were shout
n, 0,TTT.adpa, thst's more people thsn's in
w dy Worth, amt ij?"
n, ~ :! aear. After awhile great man
.se napoleon bought Louisiana from
s,, essgaA,aFds, ard President Jefferson
nj II? :. u ttom the French government
- Joined II % III. LILA CAatnr and